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Welcome to ACE Group Inc!

We are proud to be a member of World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH).
The ACE Passport has been added to the list of “FEI approved national identification documents” available on the FEI website as well as on the FEI Database.
This means that this Passport can now be used as a national identification document for FEI horses.

Breeding Inspection and Assessment Tour 2018

August 24, 2017

ACE Group Assessment Tour 2018

Dates:

New Zealand 24th January 2018.
Australia 28 January to 22 February 2018

We are very happy to confirm that Gerd Kuest will be back for the 2018 ACE Breeding Inspection and Assessment Tour.
ACE Group 2018 Inspection Tour

Greek Air, licensed stallion, ZFDP
(Gribaldi x Florestan I x Landadel)
Breeder Gerd Kuest, Rider Vivien Kuest
National Championship Young Horse in Bad Segeberg, 2015

Gerd Kuest has now been coming to Australia for twelve years, as the assessor for the annual breeding inspection tour for the Australian Continental Equestrian Group Inc. Impressing all who meet him with his tremendous knowledge of the horse sport, and warmblood breeding.

 

A little about this internationally respected breeder, owner, and judge, includes that he is the third generation of horse breeders in his family. At that early stage of his 45-year breeding career, he bred the Hanoverian stallion Fidelio (by Furioso II) in 1978, which in turn sired the famous stallion Florestan. Gerd’s grandfather delivered more than 60 licensed stallions for Hanover. Although from solid Hanoverian roots, in 1987 Gerd founded his own Holsteiner breeding line, “Stamm 8888”. Gerd has produced 19 licensed stallions, and ten of these have been from “Holsteiner Stamm 8888″.

 

This small but high performing breeding line, in addition to producing 10 licensed stallions in the last 20 years, has produced Olympic horses in show jumping and eventing, a CHIO Aachen winner, and Young Horse World Championships finalists in showjumping and dressage. Most years there is more than one horse qualified for the German Bundeschampionat from this line. Horses bred by Gerd are successfully competing in Europe, USA, and Australia, winning up to Grand Prix and World Cup Qualifiers in showjumping.

 

In August 2015 Gerd’s young stallion ‘Sir Olli’ (Sir Donnerhall x Florestan) starred when representing Germany at the FEI World Championship for Young Dressage Horses in Verden, scoring an amazing 8.98 for 5th in the first round, and 8.58 for 7th in the final.

 

In November 2016, it was reported that high prices were paid for Oldenburg high-quality show jumpers. Gestüt Bonhomme from Werder won the bidding of the OS Champion Stallion, Zinedream, by Zinedine – Contender – Landadel – Ramiro, bred by Gerd Küst, Pinneberg, and exhibited by Heinrich Ramsbrock, Menslage. This champion was knocked-down by star auctioneer Uwe Heckmann for 215,000 Euro.
2018 Assessment tour

(Photograph from http://www.gestuet-bonhomme.de/en/stallions/sport- stallions/zinedream/ )

 

Gerd’s extensive career in the horse world has included the coaching of riders. He trained his daughter to win a European Championship in eventing and has trained junior German teams to win gold, silver and bronze medals at World Championships. He has also spent many years as a judge and classifier.

 

Gerd judges eventing and Young Horse classes, including at the German National Championships and the German Bundeschampionat. He is an International 4* Eventing Judge and has judged many international Championships and the World Cup. He is an official German breeding judge and has judged mare and foal shows extensively in Germany and Denmark, including qualifying foal shows for the German Foal Championship.

 

He spent 13 years in an official capacity for the Schleswig-Holstein State government breeding department, assessing the young Holsteiner mares at the annual Young Mare Test (under saddle and Freejumping). Gerd assessed more than 5000 mares during this time. He also served 10 years as a member of the Stallion-Licensing Team (classifier) for German Sporthorses (ZfDP) and served on the Licensing Team for the Holsteiner Breeding Association.

 

Gerd has himself ridden successfully up to advanced levels in Showjumping and Dressage, including winning medals at Student Rider Championships and competing at the German Bundeschampionat. Gerd rode in 14 auctions of the Oldenburger Verband in Vechta, as well as auctions for the Westfalian Breeding Association in Münster.

 

All in all, ‘Herr Kuest’ has a depth of experience with breeding, riding, coaching, and training, and a level of expertise, rarely seen in Australia, and the members of Australian Continental Equestrian Group Inc. are very grateful to receive his frank and fearless assessment of their stock on his annual visits down-under.
2018 Breeding and Inspection Tour

(Photograph from http://www.gestuet-bonhomme.de/en/stallions/sport- stallions/zinedream/ )

 

To be a part of this annual event and receive un-rivaled comment and advice from Gerd during the Breeding Inspection and Assessment Tour 2018, please visit the page and look at the Information Package and pricing for assessment options.
A booking form is available online.
If you have any questions or would like to know more about the upcoming Tour 2018, please do not hesitate to contact the ACE Group office on 0436 010 676 or info@acegroupinc.com.au.

 

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Assessment Tour bookings will close on 15th January for all States.
Please download the assessment tour catalogue acegroupinc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ACE-Assessment-Tour-Catalogue.pdf or view the interactive Catalogue here:
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Please make your bookings online where possible - acegroupinc.com.au/assessment-tour-booking-form/
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🐴🐴🐴🐴 More Amazing Prizes🐴🐴🐴🐴

The highest scoring Ace Small performance Horse or Pony foal section of the 2020 Ace National Assessment Tour will win a dose of semen from the imported pony stallion Charlie Sheen. This prize has kindly been donated by Karizmah Performance Horses from NSW.

Charlie Sheen is by Coldplay (Calvin Klein x Donnerblitz) out of Mrs Joost (Jimmy x Point Master). He was preliminary licensed by the Holstein Pony Verband in 2016. He was the 2016 Landeschampion and qualified for the 4yo riding pony class at the 2017 Bundeschampionate where he was a finalist. Imported to Australia in 2018, he became the 5yo Pony champion at Sydney CDI. He backed this up in 2019 becoming the 6yo Pony Champion at Sydney CDI.
In 2019 he was premium licensed by the ACE Group and followed that success winning the 6yo Pony Champion and Champion of Champions at Dressage with the Stars.

What a fabulous pony to have in Australia for breeders to use. Charlie is available at public stud, frozen semen price per dose is $900, plus shipping costs.

The ACE Group Inc express their sincerest thanks to Jenny Stock and the team from Karizmah Performance Horses for their generous sponsorship of the 2020 Ace National Assessment Tour.

Get your bookings in as places for assessment are filling fast.
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🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴 STOP PRESS 🐴 🐴🐴🐴🐴

The highest scoring ACE pony foal on tour will be awarded a dose of frozen semen from the Premium stallion, Cockney Cracker - Kindly donated by Jule and Timo Coldewey from Gestuet Kastanienhof.

Cockney Cracker is by FS Cracker Jack (Champion de Luxe x Dornik 😎 out of Elite State Premium mare Delight, who is by the super sire FS Don’t Worry.

Cockney Cracker was the 2012 Champion stallion of his Licensing. He went on to score 8.39 in his HLP including 2 x 10 scores from the guest riders.
He is an FN Bundesreservesigerhengst, also an FN Bundespremiumhengst. He has produced 14 licensed sons, 2 champion siegerhengst and 6 State Premium daughters.
He is successfully campaigned at FEI with his young rider.

His daughter Goldeneye won the 2018 Federal Elite Mare Championship, won her HLP and the bronze medal at the Bundeschampionate. His son Cooper County was the 2017 Siegerhengst at the Weser Ems licensing, 2019 FN Bundespramie and Bundesreservesieger. Cooper County was awarded the bronze medal for 4yo riding pony stallions.

The ACE Group would like to sincerely thank Jule and Timo Coldewey for their generosity. We encourage our members to visit www.gestuet-Kastanienhof.com to see the amazing stallions and services offered by the Coldewey family.

Pony people, get your assessment tour bookings locked in for a chance to win this prize, valued at $1350.

***Please note this semen is available for the 2020 Season. All semen has been collected by Select Breeder Services in Germany and meets international frozen semen standards.***
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What is an assessment?
Judges are assessing for athletic performance horses and breeding stock that can produce better and better sport horses.
How do I know if my horse has good conformation?
Conformation goes hand in hand with movement because a horse with conformational weaknesses must work harder when he eventually works under the rider.
The correctness of conformation is hereditary.
We should not forget, however, that there is no horse with perfect conformation
As the horse walks away from the judge on the triangle, he sees the view from behind: correctness of travel, hind-leg straightness, alignment of the steps, ease of movement of the joints, the swing of the tail - showing the clear four-beat walk rhythm, freedom of the shoulders and haunches and the ground-covering marching quality with regularity.
When the horse trots away from the judge, he notices the engagement and an active depart into the trot which, when we see the trot in profile, shows a correct rhythm, regularity, freedom in the joints, freedom of the shoulders and haunches and an elastic, swinging back. The assessor would also like to see some natural impulsion and engagement that create a degree of suspension.
As the horse comes back toward the assessor, he has an opportunity to observe the front legs for correctness.
An assessment gives the breeder a benchmark from which they can evaluate their breeding program to see where they can improve in the future.
An assessment gives the horse owner and rider an insight into where their horse’s fault lies and the knowledge that their horse can perform the specific task that is required.
Showjumpers, Dressage, Show Hack, Sporting horses all need different abilities and the assessor is looking for something different in each of those horses.
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